Author: British Olympic AssociationPublisher: World Sport Research & Publications
ISBN: 9780900315008
Category : Olympic Games
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Official Report of the Olympic Games, 1968
Author: British Olympic AssociationPublisher: World Sport Research & Publications
ISBN: 9780900315008
Category : Olympic Games
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Official report of the Olympic Games 1968, XIXth. Olympiad Mexico City, October 12-27, Xth. Winter Olympics Grenoble, February 6-18. Editor Bob Phillips, etc. [With illustrations.].
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Author: British Olympic AssociationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
The 1968 Olympic Games; Winter--Grenoble, Summer--Mexico City
Author: The 1968 Olympic Games
Author: Julius L. PatchingThe British Olympic Association Official Report of the Olympic Games 1968
Author: Bob PhillipsSomething in the Air
Author: Richard HofferPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416593896
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 371
Book Description
In the tradition of Seabiscuit and The Summer of ’49, a gripping sports narrative that brilliantly tells the amazing individual stories of the unforgettable athletes who gathered in Mexico City in a year of dramatic upheaval. The 1968 Mexico City Olympics reflected the spirit of their revolutionary times. Richard Hoffer’s Something in the Air captures the turbulence and offbeat heroism of that historic Olympiad, which was as rich in inspiring moments as it was drenched in political and racial tensions. Although the basketball star Lew Alcindor decided to boycott, heavyweight boxer George Foreman not only competed, but waved miniature American flags over his fallen opponents. The sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos became as famous for their raised-fist gestures of protest as their speed on the track. No one was prepared for Bob Beamon’s long jump, which broke the world’s record by a staggering twenty-two inches. And then there was Dick Fosbury, the goofball high jumper whose backwards, upside down approach to the bar (the "Fosbury Flop") baffled his coaches while breaking records. Though Fosbury was his own man, he was apolitical and easygoing. He didn’t defy authority; he defied gravity. Witty, insightful, and filled with human drama, Something in the Air mixes Shakespearean complexity with Hollywood sentimentality, sociopolitical significance, and the exhilarating spectacle of youthful, physical prowess. It is a powerful, unforgettable tale that will resonate with sports fans and readers of social history alike.
Before the Eyes of the World
Author: Kevin B. WitherspoonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
This comprehensive study highlights the intersection of sports with the historical, political, and social climate of 1968. Mexican leaders eagerly anticipated the attention that hosting the world's most visible sporting event would bring, yet they could not have predicted the array of conflicts that would play out before their eyes.
Olympic Report 1968
Author: James CootePublisher:
ISBN: 9780905255033
Category : Olympic Games
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Mexico '68; A Technical Report by the National Coaches on the 1968 Olympic Games. (Editor
Author: Tom McnabPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Olympic Games
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
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